no root, no fruit. 没有根，就没有果。

96. no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰都有刺。

97. no rule without an exception. 没有一条规则没有例

外。

98. no safe wading in an unknown water. 未知水深浅，涉

水有危险。

99. no smoke without some fire. 无风不起浪。

100. no song, no supper. 不劳无获。

101. no sooner said than done. 言而必行。

102. no sunshine but bath some shadow. 有明必有暗。

103. no sweat, no sweet. 不劳则无获。

104. no sweet without some sweat. 不劳则无获。

105. nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

106. nothing comes amiss to a hungry man. 饥不择食。

107. nothing comes from (or of) nothing. 无风不起浪。

108. nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

无风不起浪。

109. nothing comes wrong to a hungry man. 饥不择食。

110. nothing crave, nothing have. 有求才有应。

111. nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny.

一分钱，一分货。

112. nothing is difficult to a man who wills. 世上无难

事，只怕有心人。

113. nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart). 有

志者事竟成。

114. nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who

will try. 天下无难事，只怕不努力。

115. nothing is really beautiful but truth. 只有真理才

是真美。

116. nothing is stolen without hands. 无风不起浪。

117. nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas.

除非消灭跳蚤，做事不必急躁。

118. nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求，则无所获。

119. nothing so bad, as not to be good for something. 塞

翁失马，安知非福。

120. nothing so necessary for travellers as languages.

旅行者最需要的是几种语言。

121. nothing succeeds like success. 一事成功，事事顺

利。

122. nothing to be got without pains but poverty. 只有

贫困可以不劳而获得。

123. nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain). 不

入虎穴，焉得虎子。

124. nothing will come of nothing. 无风不起浪。

125. no time like the present. 只争朝夕。

126. not let the grass grow under one's feet. 不失时机。

127. novelty is the great parent of pleasure. 新奇生乐

趣。

128. no vice goes alone. 坏事不单行。

129. no way is impossible to courage 勇敢面前没有通

不过的路。

130. no wisdom like silence. 智者寡言。

131. now or never. 机不可失，失不再来。

132. no wrong without remedy. 无错不可纠。

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1. oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 树大招风。

2. obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的

第一职责。

3. observation is the best teacher. 观察为良师。

4. of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest;

when the body has sunk into the dust the great name

still lives. 人生最可宝贵的是声誉，躯体入土后，声誉

犹存。

5. of earthly goods the best is a good wife. a bad the

bitterest curse of human life. 贤妻最可贵，恶妇是灾

星。

6. offence is the best defence. 进攻是最好的防御。

7. of nothing comes nothing. 无中不能生有。

8. often and little eating makes a man fat. 少吃多餐，身

强体胖。

9. of two evils choose the least. 权衡两害，取其轻者。

10. of young men die many, of old men escape not any.

年轻人死得不少，而年迈者是在劫难逃。

11. old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不酿蜜。

12. old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到

老鸟。

13. old birds are not to be caught with shaff. 老谋是不会

失算的。

14. older and wiser. 越老越聪明。

15. old foxes want no tutors. 老狐狸不需要教师。

16. old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深，陈酒

香味醇。

17. old love will not be forgotten. 旧情永难忘。

18. old vessels must leak. 旧船必漏。

19. old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends

to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好烧，陈酒最

好饮，老友最可靠，老作家的书最好读。

20. old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好烧，

老书宜读。

21. old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，

老马好骑。

22. o liberty, how many crimes have been committed in

thy name! 自由啊！假你的名义犯了多少罪啊！

23. omelets are not made without breaking eggs. 有失才

有得。

24. once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永远是魔

鬼。

25. once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足，铸成千古恨。

26. once a man and twice a child. 一次为成人，两度当小

孩。

27. once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草绳。

28. once is no custom. 一次不成例。

29. once on shore, we pray no more. 一旦上了岸，就不再

祈祷。

30. on earth there is nothing great but man, in man there

is nothing great but mind. 在世界上没有一件东西有如

人那样伟大，在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟

大。

31. one barking dog sets all street a-barking. 一狗吠声

响，狗吠满街坊。

32. one beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐

享其成。

33. one boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一个男孩

比十二个女孩还要麻烦。

34. one cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a

man. 人难一世称雄，但可一生为人。

35. one cannot be in two place at once.

36. one cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but

one must hear of it a hundred times. 为人一生一件蠢

事也不做，但要听到上百遍蠢事。

37. one cannot eat one's cake and have it. 事难两全其美。

38. one cannot get blood from a stone. 石头里抽不出血。

39. one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 朽木

不可雕。

40. one cannot make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米

之炊。

41. one cannot put back the clock. 光阴一去不复返。

42. one chick keeps a hen busy. 一只小鸡已够母鸡辛忙。

43. one cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一叶可障

目。

44. one crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age

without a name. 光辉生活中忙迫的一个小时抵得上无

为的一世。

45. one drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 一滴

之毒，毒染整桶之酒。

46. one enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do

good. 十个朋友做的好事抵不上一个敌人造成的危害。

47. one enemy is too much. 一个敌人也太多。

48. one false move may lose the game. 一著不慎，满盘皆

输。

49. one false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，

谬以千里。

50. one father can support ten children, ten children

cannot